甘休

gānxiū

verb #14,925

Meanings

1 to let the matter rest; to be willing to give up

Characters

sweet; willingly

to rest; to cease; to stop

Examples

他不会就这样甘休的。

Tā bú huì jiù zhèyàng gānxiū de.

He won't just let it go like this.

找不到真相，我绝不甘休。

Zhǎo bú dào zhēnxiàng, wǒ jué bù gānxiū.

I won't rest until I find the truth.

Tips

usage

甘休 is almost always used in the negative: 不甘休, 绝不甘休, 岂能甘休. The idiom 善罢甘休 (shàn bà gānxiū) means 'to let the matter drop' and is also typically negated.

Stroke Order

甘 gān

休 xiū